Technologically speaking it’s not a big deal. In fact you could do it yourself using a few thousand dollars drones but it is an interesting proof-of-concept for yet another usage of drones.*Maersk operates a large fleet of cargo ships and tankers. When a ship*needs spare parts or mail delivered to workers, the company must send out a small*boat to bring the goods from the shore.
“Costs for a barge are on average USD 1,000 and can easily go up to USD 3,000 or more” says Markus Kuhn, Supply Chain Manager at Maersk. “With the current pay-load of drones, on average a vessel has 3 cases per year in which the barge transport could be substituted by a drone – meaning a potential avoidance of barge costs of USD 3,000-9,000 per vessel per year. And if you consider that Maersk Tankers has around 100 vessels, the savings potential could be substantial.”
Maersk isn’t the only company exploring the use of drones for delivery. In 2017 Google and Amazon are planning to launch an autonomous drone shipment services. Interesting times we leave in.
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